E02
core
Speaker stance
Modality
Ability Aura
Can someone do it?
basic
Modal verb
Can
المعنى
A modal layer expressing skill, capability, learned ability, physical possibility, or practical capacity.
كيفية التعرّف عليه
Ask whether the sentence says someone is able to do something.
أمثلة
كلمات
can|able|know how to
عبارات
can swim|able to help|know how to cook
جملة
She can swim.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Ability layer person + CAN + action She + can + swim = skill / capacity / possibility = action is possible for her
Compare shape
Same meaning, different tools: Modal: can swim Phrase: able to help Know-how: know how to cook Affix/particle: swim-ABLE Construction: possible to swim
منظور اللغة
في اللغة الأم
العربية
درجة الحضور
strong
الأهمية
Ability is commonly expressed with يستطيع, يقدر, يمكنه and related patterns.
أستطيعُ أن أقرأ العربية.
I can read Arabic.
في لغة التعلم
الإنجليزية
درجة الحضور
strong
الصعوبة
English expresses ability mainly with can/could and be able to.
I can swim.
can = ability
تحدٍّ شائع في التعلّم
Learners may add 'to' after modal verbs or confuse can and be able to.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.